Nigella 'mad' about egg diet

It's not often we see Nigella Lawson getting irritated by food.

However, the chef famed for making food sexy has branded her husband Charles Saatchi's latest diet regime as "completely mad".

But what is it about the "eggs, eggs and more eggs diet" that has made the cook, famed for knocking up naughty midnight snacks in nothing but a dressing gown, so angry?

In an interview with the Daily Mail it became clear that her husband's risky diet was a far flung cry from the delicacies she served up on her hit series, Nigella Express.

"For nine months, he ate three eggs for breakfast, three eggs for lunch and three eggs for supper," she said.

"The doctor said to me, 'It's neck and neck whether Charles keels over or loses the weight first'. But it was easier for him than engaging in the whole business of food."